Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-16

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Ehla csa Be a1eonn1ed fer b ne lAg1
lhsl thAg aese noe nsed % ths p0neE.
Aftel 4 hfi1f oonszttaGiem she ffmekeep
sE p. u. Deunetl. y. =. AEbafg and
Z. y. doa4n. announsed tha of1slal tsms
~ 81 sso1ndz. CsnzideEi0g he fset
lh1t the tao Ean VIII ouiy el1een msn
he time wh3eh lhey maf1 W1o Eo1a4Ek
2bla. There unn censldaFabis npplauss
whnn tbs Fegu1l wae nnnnnuoea, for The
ssetils beys eEs very pepei1E 10 this
siisr shsrs inssrmssdoa, Is uhish
lhe b4nd piaged iu1piEina ai11. the
shampiens e. I1eemA came 90 With q
nrut de1erminnifen 70 hoat the record
% 1neif rivals from 8saftls. Theis AMI
form cozsis1ed Of blna tights, white
shirt1 anA red Glookinos. As they fFos
lc9 1lo9sy 10 tie coarse they wg1o eloss-
d watohe1 and mary eomments passed
npon their appearances. a wa GsneR-
ally knew tnat whils the team hed
praofteed toassheF vsfY little. yet 81
e1nlalnsd some Of TIE hsai men ID the
E1ooma Gre deRartueut, and 20 the
ssem Was looked upuH e. Tbs dark horse
n the raoa. Whan tbs pistol vas hrad
ahs team started 0lT nB an easy pacs,
which 4heF kept 40 alll they Eeaeted
TIE hydFaui, when they spnFied ard
MAIDS ths Kemainina eiEtanes II sefy
fast tins. has they oaald not msks 40
what thay bad iost II tn ASS part. and
thnuRh ths couplings ak the clogs and
n0iEKie were mado withoul delay, Il was
evident when water came that they had
failod.to some % 20 tha tims maas By
teelE pEadsosas1Es. AZ this point soms
indIsidnal with very poor taste toak
this opportunity Of manlfeatinQ hls
hostility toward Tacoma By loudly ap-
plnudin9 their defeaf. OnlV few en-
annod 10 this unRonlIemanly eondnst,
and ttey should II future EememheE
lhai ali guests Of the city should BE-
treated With equal eourteay, and ezegy
dlspisy Of paxfIalily should BE- enEupa-
lousy avoided. When The Judges re-
tired and compared watches. u wsa
found that one registered Sc 4 s, an
other 81 IA and the Third ISIS. Tha
o&loiai time vas announced e. IS IS.
Bat nov q hum Of exsiiament ran
through the crowd, fer tina next team 10
appear on the track weEe the famous
Wnila WalIag. whose reputation for
nps ed long aRo reached this city, and
caused the uitixsns 20 regard them e.
tn9 m9st dangerous rivals Of the
kons team. So mach haA been aaId
about these men that ahe expectations
OF ne crowd were wrought %. 50 fhey
waited tmpalisntly while the band was
playing. anxiously oraning their necks
% catch The 1rst glimpse Of the cham
piona. They did not have long 30 wait,
soF promptly 90 the band stopped play
ina, fonrheen athlesio young fellows
csad 10 blue tights, and white shirts with
oiue Trimmings, forced their way
through tbs crowd aud walked lightly
~ the track. Az far as general appear
auce vent they were the beat team on
ina erounds for their uniforms were
very pretty and the men were nearly oil
Of . sixss stocky and strongly built. AZ
they we're going 20 the starting position
frequent comments we're heard anona
tho cFovd. II tell you that team il 80.
inR 70 VIM "I'il back WAllA Walls;'
"Ain't they a Qrsat teanDaH were some
Of the expressions used BY admirinR To-
dtviduais. Every motion Of the visitors
vas uatehsd With breaihlesB Interest,
and when a last everything was ready
tor the start, the exastement became In
tanse.
A tie sound OF tie starters pistol
. Wild yell vent up from the crowd
and people leaned far over the ropes
10 their anxiety 70 zee the whole course.
Looking up the track it was q siaht
yell worth seeing. On came the blue
sinhts working like tho driving rods q
an engine, the step OF the fourteen men
vas 10 perfect time, and they tore down
tho track like Q uhiFluind; the plug
men made q beautiful coupling, while
the rest az the team Eushed on With q
use buKst Of speed, every man ruanInR
Ia eplendid form with head well up and
shoulders thFown back. Everyone
waited "a breaihiess silence. for Il vas
evident that n no hitch was made In
soupiina ard adinaslns ths nszzia thar
Walla Walla had 3 strong bid for the
hrsl pFixs. The nncoupsinw was made
fairly we'll. and several sends we're
s.iH LET'S, bat hsre occarfsd one 81 those
freaks OF hekle fortune which always
comes when least sxpeeted. The n0z-
Alh mao adjusted he ncnxle, hus u
stuck and he vas unable 10 screw 10 o.;
% woshed desperately bat only suc-
oeeood ~ farming one thread when the
water cssna and undid HE work. and
ioe chances Of WallA Walla for the
frumpes were drowned "a . flood Of
cold Waier. TWAS q bitter disappoint-
mrnt 70 the members Of The team, and
they had She sympathy Of the crowd,
Tor their run was maanihoenk ana but
fsF the nnfortunafe delay a. the nozzle
they wo1ld have made the exeeileni
record Of atty seconds. as that vas the
time Ia which they obtained wAtsr.
Dsaplts the sympathy OF the crowd
With the visitors tbev oonld not help
beaving aiah Of relief over the result,
for q left the sComets'' an excellent
Opportunity 10 keep The ehampion
trumpst In Spoksne. when tha hogs
Appeared on the track Ia thpir neas uni.
forms and red trunks ard white shirts,
they weFs greeted enthusiastically, and
many ware Che words az oauddenee ana
encouFaesuenf Whispered 10 them hy
their friends. There Waa long eelay
whtle they were preparing Tor the race,
az which paspls took aasanta0e % olTsr
bats freely. giving odds Of two % enc
on the bone team, bat hndina few
taksEs. when the boys took their posi-
tioo e The STARTING lins there VS. : De-
leKmined expFos9iun On their faces
uhieh aAid moro pialnly than words
thAl ahey Intended % make 4 record 81
which thelF hackers mtRhs veil Be
proud. And Bow The Report 81 the pis-
tol annoances that they ere Of. and
dsNn ne lona stretch thsy cone With :
apienaf3 r1ah. Every man Il doina bis
very 0esf; teeek sea, muscles efgainina.
ewes nxed npcn the t1li form Of Captain
Gtlleapis. Who IL sweeping along wsih .
arAnd stride. Saoh an impetus have
thar gained thai ths plnR mea are
dFsgRea ten fees beysnd tha pla1, bat
they qaiekly recover themselves and
mlaka tha cunuecssau. Mean9hile
Caplain Gillespie and bis men. With
q fnai herst Of speed, hava laid the
rumslnina so fess at hose. 90 Ear
eweTylhina hes gone nnely. The r1n has
been ua9e 10 tbs Esmarkabio tins az
MI sscoud. and naw ncthin1 inter-
wsnea batwean . aplendld rsccrd and
the cksmpionship txempet exnsps 10
break Tue eouplina and adias1 tha nan
nie. EReFythine dspeads upon DasId-
ann. and Be proves rot tqnni 10 he
oeeAsion. In his neFYsuaneas Be 6rnns
The npaanez. and with Il fslia tha hapea
Of the Seokxnitsg; bal aill there Il tirne
% retrieve the S.ssgxy Fer tie water a
Yel msny feet awas. Tee rnttied nrH-
HAeusn sacoas 70 pick ap the spAnneE,
tse1 eaaHRea his I'D. ard wAslea eAs
pFtoisas sso1nds n fEmitless en6eavar
10 hTeak TIA ucuRainz With his handR
Mr&awAifa the npasessn8 fMva fuw1 eha